Before the religious right: liberal Protestants, human rights, and the polarization of the United States
"For much of the twentieth century it was liberal Protestants who most profoundly shaped American politics. Leaders of this religious community wielded their influence to fight for social justice by marching against segregation, lobbying for the New Deal, and protesting the Vietnam War. In the...
| Riepilogo: | "For much of the twentieth century it was liberal Protestants who most profoundly shaped American politics. Leaders of this religious community wielded their influence to fight for social justice by marching against segregation, lobbying for the New Deal, and protesting the Vietnam War. In the same way that the rise of the New Right cannot be understood apart from the mobilization of evangelicals, Gene Zubovich shows that the rise of American liberalism in the twentieth century cannot be understood without a historical account of the global political mobilization of liberal Protestants"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | viii, 391 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 1512826103 |